On Sunday 09 December 2007 11:54, Andrew Chernow wrote:
> Okay, thanks. So using WITHOUT TIME ZONE basically means, store the
> provided value as UTC. Meaning, 8AM EST NOW() is stored/treated as 8AM
> UTC.
>
Not quite. Using WITHOUT TIME ZONE means to not store any time zone
information. It appears as UTC only because you selected it out as UTC.
pagila=# select now(), now() at time zone 'PST' , now()::timestamp at time
zone 'PST';
-[ RECORD 1 ]---------------------------
now | 2007-12-09 12:25:19.240661-05
timezone | 2007-12-09 09:25:19.240661
timezone | 2007-12-09 15:25:19.240661-05
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Robert Treat
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